Paul Prescod writes:
>  There are actually relatively few widely deployed URI schemes. Every
>  day there is a proposal for a new one but the HTTP transport truck
>  just keeps rolling over them. Some will see this as a bad thing but I
>  see it as the key thing that keeps the Web unified.

It keeps complete URI madness in check, yes.  Unfortunately, it hasn't
helped us much on namespace issues.

-- 
Simon St.Laurent
Ring around the content, a pocket full of brackets
Errors, errors, all fall down!
http://simonstl.com

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